Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,163 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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William DeHart Hubbard (1903-1976)
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Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell (1919-2019)
California counties
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Marin City, California (1942- )
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Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins (1952- )

Explore Global African History

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Fatima Djalor (1989-2019)
James Africanus Beale Horton
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James Africanus Beale Horton (1835-1883)
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Didier Drogba (1978- )
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Gustavo Pinedo Zabala (1988– )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer
Earl Whaley's Orchestra Over Shanghai, ca 1937
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The Black Pacific, 1919-1941: African Americans and Asia in the Interwar Period
African in Golconda, India, 17th century
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Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
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Agrippa Hull: Revolutionary Patriot

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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